OECD members - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in OECD members was 45.54 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.24 in 1981, while its lowest value was 42.77 in 1970.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 42.77
1971 42.82
1972 43.21
1973 43.64
1974 43.61
1975 44.20
1976 44.55
1977 44.50
1978 44.75
1979 44.65
1980 45.48
1981 47.24
1982 45.70
1983 46.30
1984 46.23
1985 46.27
1986 46.73
1987 46.93
1988 46.87
1989 46.56
1990 46.28
1991 46.31
1992 46.10
1993 46.12
1994 45.89
1995 45.81
1996 46.02
1997 45.99
1998 45.03
1999 44.97
2000 45.36
2001 45.29
2002 45.16
2003 45.30
2004 44.53
2005 44.80
2006 44.40
2007 44.40
2008 44.54
2009 44.29
2010 44.36
2011 44.23
2012 44.49
2013 45.52
2014 45.47
2015 45.60
2016 45.80
2017 45.51
2018 45.54

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation